Timothy O. Dykes, Rn Email & Phone Number

United States

• Conduct facility Quality Assurance audits, Drug Storage audits, Med Pass observation and education, Narcotic Reconciliation audits, MAR / Cart audits and assisted in maintaining customers’ compliance with the applicable federal and state requirements. • Regularly update and educate facility decision makers on regulatory compliance, audit forms, and quality efforts as it relates to clinical standards of practice for Long-term Care Centers.• Educate facility Director's of Nursing and nurses on new Quality initiatives and infection control through education programs, and updated audit and survey processes.• Proficient in Salesforce and Dynamics 365 field activity logs and account specific details. Microsoft office suite.• Improved customer decision making on supply management which which increased financials by 10% for their departments. Managed inventory of equipment with a substantial savings to the customer while still increasing the bottom line.

United States

• Member of Nursing Leadership team and Nurse Consultant department traveling 80% for customer facing task to validate Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement. • Conducted facility Quality Assurance audits, Drug Storage audits, Med Pass observation and education, Narcotic Reconciliation audits, MAR / Cart audits, plus maintained customers’ compliance with the applicable federal and state requirements. Completed Service Plan reviews during visits to Assisted Living Communities.• Coordinated and grew department’s national Assisted Living Medication Assistance Certification Programs through consolidating, standardizing, and creating certification materials based on State’s regulations.• Regularly updated department’s regulatory compliance, audit forms, and quality efforts as it relates to clinical standards of practice for Long-term Care Centers through education programs. • Developed national programs, policy and procedure training materials for Nurse Consultant department including CMS regulatory updates and quality initiatives, Quality Assurance audits, Nurse Consultant education, customer education programs, and updated audit and survey processes.• Responsible for maintaining Office of Inspector General and 5-year Corporate Integrity Agreement compliance for Nurse Consultant Billing. • Created and ran the Nurse Consultant New Hire Preceptor program for department.• Maximized and managed department’s internal SharePoint site that stored all audit forms, education, and compliance materials along with tracking forms and employee activity documentation.• Proficient in Salesforce database; field activity logs, Nursing Billing Tracker, and account specific details. • Improved billing and regulatory compliance for the nursing department which increased financials by 20% for this department.

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

• Accelerated Quality for a large LTC / sub-acute facility by developing internal quality review system and following nationally accepted QAPI standards and regulations that were not previously in place by evaluating and analyzing data obtained through chart reviews and developing action plans for improvement.• Exceeded expectations for audit projects, acuities, resident care resulting in improving quality measures, and 5-star status through root cause analysis of discovered problems in the care delivery system and monitoring execution of action plans to correct.• Improved efficacy of safety committee by involving interdisciplinary team to collaborate on safety as a global picture and not just a departmental approach.• Increased advocacy for residents and front-line professionals by routinely developing strategies and conducting meetings both one on one and in groups to determine reach and success of quality programs and standards.

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

• Within less than three months, through the team driven initiatives moved from a grade of Sub-standard care with Provisional license to Full Licensure with numerous improvements in all areas of care delivery. • Facilitated the team to accomplish a reduction in all clinical indicators to below industry acceptable standards and improved 5-Star Status with a 98% occupancy. • Improved revenue by 15% through effective labor and supply management.• Optimized management of nursing related services including survey management, MDS, budgets, staffing, and quality management through over site and matrix adherence. • On-boarded and trained ten Senior Nursing leaders in a 160-bed Long-Term Care and Rehab center in addition to managing 40 staff nurses and more than 70 CNAs

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

• Transitioned from Medical/Surgical staff nurse to Emergency Room and ICU nurse; Promoted to Night Shift House Supervisor after one year and continued to work as needed in ICU and the ER as PRN• Directed 40-50 Nurses hospital wide and full-service Emergency Room including after-hours OR and Cath Lab• Optimized staffing, patient placement and census management, along with crisis management. Direct report to Chief Nursing Officer and/or Chief Executive Officer after hours for crisis management.• Improved the hospital bottom line by 10% thorough labor management, supply use innovation and incident management.• Mid-Line insertion team, ACLS, BLS